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Month: September 2017

The 28th International Youth Forum, South Korea – Nalini Mittal

The 28th International Youth Forum, South Korea – Nalini Mittal

The 28th International Youth Forum was a week-long program that conglomerated individuals from various backgrounds, nationalities and ideas to address the very relevant issue of strengthening regional cooperation by youth exchange. The forum, which was organized in multifaceted South Korea, has proved to be one of the most valuable experiences of my life. There were many reasons why this experience was more than any ordinary youth exchange or cultural exchange program. I can, however, conclude that through this time, the…

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Experience at FSL-India

Experience at FSL-India

The first day when I stepped into CEL I had a “WOW” expression seeing nature so-o close. For me, one month was very less time for experiencing a life with nature. One month without social media and other stuff, it was great!! Unexpected rain showers while working in garden, Rani’s (goat) bleating, playtime with Melo (FSL-India’s dog), making fun of my co-workers, playing cricket with the coordinators, enjoying cooking, preparing masala chai, playing UNO cards with music, Gopalanna’s whistle after…

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Tree plantation in community through Trees for India!

Tree plantation in community through Trees for India!

Hello everyone! Greetings from CEL! Here we are we some updates with a new plantation in the community through the initiative called ‘Trees for India’. Through this program, we aim to do plantations in the local community while these plantations are sponsored by others. The idea is to do specially, fruit plantations, from which the families or schools can benefit. For instance, our last plantation was this week, in a family house of 7 members. There, we planted amla tree…

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LTV Orientation at Kundapur – September 2017

LTV Orientation at Kundapur – September 2017

In the month of September 2017, FSL-India, Kundapur hosted 24 Long-Term Volunteers from Sweden and Germany, at our CEL (Centre for Experiential Living), Kundapur. The volunteers participated in practical, theoretical and outdoor sessions for their successful journey in India. The volunteers actively took part in each session. FSL-India’s facilitators took extra care in organizing this orientation, in which some sessions included conflict management, roles and responsibilities, Hindu philosophy, culture and Indian life style, project introduction and preparation with the coordinator….

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Visit of Shri Pramodh Madhvaraj , Honourable Minister for Youth Empowerment & Sports, Karnataka to FSL-India’s Centre for Experiential Living, Shettrakatte, Kundapur

Visit of Shri Pramodh Madhvaraj , Honourable Minister for Youth Empowerment & Sports, Karnataka to FSL-India’s Centre for Experiential Living, Shettrakatte, Kundapur

It is a great pleasure for FSL-India to let everyone know that Shri Pramodh Madhvaraj, our honourable Minister for Youth Empowerment & Sports, Karnataka, visited us today, Thursday 7th September 2017, at our Centre for Experiential Living, Kundapur. During his visit, he learned about our projects through a photo exhibition, watching a video about our work and through discussions with our President, Mr. Rakesh Soans. After a walk around our premises, he met the new batch of 30 German and…

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Wish Tree at CEL

Wish Tree at CEL

Here we are letting you know about our hopefully fruitful wish tree! But, what is a wish tree? Everybody has at least one little wish. Some of them can be paid with money and some of them can be paid with time or in means of kind. At FSL India we are a lot of people, so we also have a lot of wishes for our projects. However, some of them are not affordable for us, because even if they…

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Self-Help Group Training at CEL

Self-Help Group Training at CEL

On Friday 1st September, in Kundapura FSL India- CEL, staff, interns from Delhi, MSW students and volunteers, totally 20 members participated in SHG training, conducted by Mr. Doreswamy, Joint Director of FSL-India. In this training, we gained the knowledge of formation and running of SHG and how it is useful for the community. What is SHG? SHG is a group of around 10 to 20 people who come together to save regular small sums of money which can be used…

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Self-made Soap at CEL!

Self-made Soap at CEL!

Hi everyone… greetings from Kundapur! We bring you new updates on our experiments at the Centre for Experiential Living. This time, it’s all about how to make home-made soap. Making soap is easier than one might think. All that is needed is fat, oil or wax, NaOH Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) and water. Instead, one might also use Potasssium Hydroxide (KOH), which will give liquid soap. To make solid soap you first need to mix the NaOH with the water. It…

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Living in an Indian host family – my ‘home away from home’: Nico, Italy

Living in an Indian host family – my ‘home away from home’: Nico, Italy

Travelling is one of the most charming adventures of life – visiting different countries and cultures, discovering new places and habits. But some travels are different – sometimes you feel the need not just to travel to a country, but to live it, purely. That was my idea when first I decided to come to India. In my imagination, it was such a captivating place to experience and I was deeply curious to enjoy Indian culture. However, I had some…

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